Differences in chilling sensitivity of cucumber varieties depends on storage temperature and the physiological dysfunction evaluated

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-104

  Hakim, Abdul ^a   Purvis, Albert C ^a   Mullinix, Ben G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence ratios; Cucumis sativus L.; Decay; Electrolyte leakage; Pyruvate; Respiration; Visible pitting; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; BREATHING RATE; CHLOROPHYLL; COLD RESISTANCE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CULTIVAR; FLUORESCENCE; HYBRID; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PYRUVIC ACID; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0032705093     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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